Next City

JUNE 10, 2024

The City of Light is deprioritizing cars and aims to become “more human.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JUNE 10, 2024

With unplanned refinery outages at an all-time high, reliability fundamentals remain critical to capturing market opportunities, while digital tools can unlock further impact.

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State Tech Magazine

JUNE 10, 2024

Cities are leaning forward and investing in technology to support citizen services, and in doing so, they are embracing digital transformation. For example, the growing availability of artificial intelligence tools has simplified tasks such as adding AI capabilities to a city’s 311 information website, delivering a means for citizens to gain answers quickly by interacting with a chatbot.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JUNE 10, 2024

Amid massive shifts in the consumer landscape, companies can’t afford to rely on yesterday’s consumer insights. Here are nine trends that merit close attention.

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Speaker: Noratek

Maintaining municipal operations is no small task, especially when budgets are tight and public expectations are high. In this webinar, we’ll explore how local governments can streamline their maintenance operations while ensuring safety, compliance, and efficiency. What You’ll Gain: Proven strategies for effective inspection management Insight into leveraging digital tools Practical tips for addressing common maintenance challenges Examples of municipalities that have achieved success.

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 10, 2024

Google Cloud recently achieved a major U.S. government compliance milestone with more than 130 services, including 12 additional Cloud Networking services, approved for FedRAMP High authorization — the strictest standard for protecting the most sensitive unclassified data. To help our customers securely deploy a network architecture that aligns with FedRAMP High, we have outlined several of our recommended best practices.

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Regulations Security Public Sector Management 103

GCN

JUNE 10, 2024

Young adults typically underestimate the risk of distracted driving, making it difficult for public safety officials to craft effective messaging.

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Public Safety Management 98

GCN

JUNE 10, 2024

A growing number of cities are having to make tough decisions this spring in order to balance next year’s budgets.

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Budgeting 94

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

Panelists at the Furman Center’s State of the City launch event on May 21 discussed the challenges of administering a federal voucher program and proposed a range of solutions to improve its function—including expanding housing supply, offering more operational flexibility for localities, strengthening protections against discrimination from landlords, and coaching people as they navigate the program so they are empowered to move into new neighborhoods.

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Housing Advocacy Development Management 94

AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 10, 2024

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Maturity Assessment (CMA) uses the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) to assess the maturity of your cloud adoption, and provide prescriptive guidance on prioritized next steps. By replacing guesswork with data-driven analysis, you will get a blueprint to prioritize, build, and mature your cloud capabilities. The AWS CAF is a set of best practices, tools, and guidance that helps organizations get started with cloud technologies (illustrated in Figure 1).

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Super Library Marketing

JUNE 10, 2024

Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library During the pandemic, Claudine Bennet was stuck at home, and trying to adjust to her new role as External Relations Manager at Dayton Metro Library , she came up with a fun game. “At the time, I had a map next to my desk at home,” remembers Claudine. “I would glance up and see a city and boom!

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Breckenridge’s short-term rental boom—over 4,200 licenses —put intense pressure on the town’s small staff and manual processes. Facing compliance and efficiency challenges, the town teamed up with GovOS to automate its STR licensing. The new system: Cut admin time Reduced errors Improved the experience for property owners and town staff Discover the full impact of automation on Breckenridge’s STR management—download the case study.

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Careers in Government

JUNE 10, 2024

Government agencies gain numerous benefits from partnerships with private entities. The post Cross-Sector Partnerships for Talent Exchange and Skill Development appeared first on Careers in Government.

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FedTech Magazine

JUNE 10, 2024

The majority of state and federal government agencies are running an increasingly complex mix of more than 20 security tools and platforms to boost network visibility, according to the 2024 CDW Cybersecurity Research Report. Such tools create a need for increased training and strain an already stretched workforce, per the report, which is based on a survey of more than 70 state and federal IT and security officials.

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Government Agency Security Government 71

GCN

JUNE 10, 2024

States to drivers: READ OUR WITTY HIGHWAY SIGNS. Feds to states: YOU’RE NOT FUNNY.

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Careers in Government

JUNE 10, 2024

In this article we will discuss the five ways remote learning is causing student burnout and what can be done to help. The post 5 Ways Remote Learning is Causing Student Burnout and How to Help appeared first on Careers in Government.

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Advertiser: Noratek

The holiday season brings joy and celebration, but it also introduces unique challenges for municipal operations. From ensuring safe snow removal and managing icy sidewalks to organizing festive events and addressing increased community needs, municipalities play a critical role in keeping residents safe and operations running smoothly. This eBook provides actionable safety tips to help your team navigate the holiday season effectively, protect staff and citizens, and ensure compliance with safe

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Barrett & Greene

JUNE 10, 2024

A couple of weeks ago, we wrote a B&G report titled “ Is Speedy Government Good Government? ” in which we made the case that the pressure for states and localities to solve problems overnight can often lead to failed efforts. “Jumping into new initiatives. without the time for adequate preparation, may be great for elected officials anxious to make quick headlines,” we wrote “But glitter often tarnishes as time passes and efforts go through a rational progression of brainstorming, bringing i

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GovLoop

JUNE 10, 2024

Officials tasked with securing elections face a complex challenge. They need to build a voter registration database, secure the voting machines, and then tally votes accurately — all in the face of potential disruptions from malicious actors, foreign and domestic. In an age of mis-, dis-, and mal-information, election officials also need the public to believe they’re doing all this securely, because election integrity isn’t just about accurately counting votes.

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Local Government Elected Officials Security Social Media 59

GovPilot

JUNE 10, 2024

As the weather warms up and constituents spend more time outdoors soaking up the sun, many family dynamics change as kids are home from school and looking for ways to fill their days.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

Introduction The high level of closing costs has been placed onto housing policy’s front burner by two recent events. First, President Biden recently highlighted that “anti-competitive” closing costs are worsening the already strained levels of homeownership affordability, specifically calling out title insurance. 1 Second, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) was recently found liable in a class-action lawsuit for undermining price competition to maintain the long-standi

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Government agencies that rely on tax revenue to fund critical services and infrastructure are finding it more urgent than ever to bridge the gap between under-reported tax revenue and taxpayers’ understanding of the processes. This is especially true as things like short-term rentals (STRs) have grown in popularity and become new sources of income for residents.

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GCN

JUNE 10, 2024

Calling gun violence a “public health crisis,” the Biden administration is asking state and local health departments, health systems and hospitals to boost their data collection on emergency room visits for firearm-related injuries.

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